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I thought this one was too yellow but after checking, he was just more yellow than the others. (see tail feathers where they are white).
I almost lost this shot. Hummingbirds flap those little wings at something 1500 times a minute.
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These are my first photos of any hummingbird and to say I'm amazed they turned out so well is an understatement.
Since moving to Texas one of the things I really enjoy is just sitting on the back patio at sunrise listening to the world wake up. Recently we picked up a hummingbird feeder - one of our best buys ever! We have at least 4 regular visitors but one is clearly territorial and chases the others off - it is fascinating to watch them dart and have high speed mid-air dog (bird?) fights.
I like how these photos turned out but it's not easy shooting these birds - they are very quick - they remind me of Heather, my better half, bounding over trees or big rocks like a gazelle.
I wonder if I can use these hummingbirds as an excuse for getting a 400mm or bigger telephoto lens?
P.S. Bella the dog was not the least bit impressed by the whole show.
I'll be leaving Arizona tomorrow to fly home. I came here mostly to watch the hummingbird migration (although I picked up an assignment for Birds and Blooms while I was here).
As you can see, the Hummingbirds were a bit elusive. Rarely more than 100 at a time fighting over the feeders. It's going to take days with the field guides to ID all the shots I got. I'm pretty sure this is a Broad-tailed. He is perched on the fingers of Chris West - a local birding guide.
I swapped him a couple of these photos in return for taking me out to get a photo of a Common Poorwill (a life-bird to boot).
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Four little hummingbirds sucking up nectar from the feeder and not minding me standing with them taking photos. Of course, I couldn't keep my eye on the chicken on the bar-b-que and it got pretty toasted. But worth it for the entertainment factor.
Mr. HelloYarn got all David Attenborough on the hummingbirds today and waited until they bravely came near to drink so he could take photos.
They're funny little buggers, starting fights with each other and hogging the food.
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds have many skeletal and flight muscle adaptations which allow the bird great agility in flight. Muscles make up 25-30% of their body weight, and they have long, bladelike wings that, unlike the wings of other birds, connect to the body only from the shoulder joint. This adaptation allows the wing to rotate almost 180°, enabling the bird to fly not only forward but also straight up and down, sideways, and backwards, and to hover in front of flowers as it feeds on nectar and insects.
During hovering, ruby-throated hummingbird wings beat 55x/sec, 61x/sec when moving backwards, and at least 75x/sec when moving forward.